Following is a historical listing of changes and enhancements
to Silent Auction Pro since the release of the new user interface.
Prior history can be viewed here.
April 28, 2025
Fund-a-Need donations are no longer restricted to whole dollar amounts [NEWUI-2469]
Apr 24, 2025
New Blog! The Complete Guide to Nonprofit Bylaws for Your New Organization [BLOGS-042425]
Apr 23, 2025
Fixed a bug that caused an error while refunding a Giving Camapign payment, when there is no current Event [NEWUI-2478]
Apr 21, 2025
New Blog! How to Start a Fundraising Business in 9 Simple Steps [BLOGS-041725]
Apr 12, 2025
New Blog! How to Make a Sponsorship Package That Actually Works [BLOGS-041025]
Apr 11, 2025
Fix a bug that produced an incorrect sort order when viewing the Leader Board [NEWUI-2289]
Apr 8, 2025
New Blog! 7 Best CRMs for Fundraising - Features, Reviews, and Pricing Included [BLOGS-040425]
Added the donation description and donation value to the 'Bid Winners Report for Donors' [NEWUI-2470]
New Blog! 15+ Ideas to Host an Affordable Fundraising Event [BLOGS-040225]
Apr 7, 2025
Fixed a bug that failed to clear the misc item amount when deleting a bid [NEWUI-2467]
Apr 1, 2025
New Blog! 11 best online auction software you should try in 2025 [BLOGS-032725]
Fixed a bug that failed to show the minimum bid amount when the Event has the 'limit bid to bid increment' option set [NEWUI-2456]
Fixed a bug in the Event rollup report that was including cash entered with a donation number, in the total Event proceeds. [NEWUI-2462]
Fixed a bug that was sending an incorrect 'ticket purchased for you' email to the ticket purchaser [NEWUI-2455]
Mar 31, 2025
Changed the criteria for reconciling new users. The new criteria requires a match on last name and email adrress before a reconcile request is generated [NEWUI-2451]
Mar 25, 2025
Modified the kiosk bidding form to automatically find the Item once you enter the Item number and tab or click outside of the input field.[NEWUI-2459]
Fixed a bug that prevented guests from purchasing zero dollar tickets from their Home page [NEWUI-2458]
New Blog! 11 questions you should ask when searching for event ticketing platforms [BLOGS-032525]
Mar 23, 2025
New Blog! 25 seasonal fundraising ideas to help with your 2025 planning [BLOGS-032025]
Mar 21, 2025
New Blog! Are auction bids legally binding? The truth you need to know [BLOGS-031825]
Mar 17, 2025
Fixed a bug that failed to include the credit card surcharge amount in the invoice portion of the payment record, for online ticket purchases [NEWUI-2450]
Mar 13, 2025
Fixed a bug in the event rollup report that failed to show auction item values irrespective of their sold status [NEWUI-2438]
New Blog! How to Host a Ramadan Charity Event for Muslim Americans [BLOGS-031125]
Mar 12, 2025
New Blog! How to Host a Successful Fundraising Event for Women's History Month [BLOGS-030525]
Mar 10, 2025
Fixed a bug that failed to retain the latest choice for the Fund-a-Need graphic image [NEWUI-2440]
Fixed a bug that caused invoices to show a rounding error of $0.01 when the credit card surcharge percent is a fractional number [NEWUI-2443]
Mar 6, 2025
Fixed a bug that failed to include Fund-a-Need donations on invoices. Note that those donations were recovered. [NEWUI-2441]
Fixed a bug that caused errors when re-printing and emailing receipts for existing payment records [NEWUI-2439]
Mar 5, 2025
New Blog! 13 Fundraiser Ideas to Support LA Wildfire Relief [BLOGS-022625]
Mar 3, 2025
Added the ability to designate a credit card surcharge as being an option that the purchaser can either accept or decline [NEWUI-978]
Feb 28, 2025
Fixed a bug that failed to place data in the correct columns, when exporting data from the Tickets Report [NEWUI-2435]
Feb 19, 2025
How Nonprofit Organizations Can Make the Most of CRM Software (Tips and Best Practices Included) [BLOGS-022025]
New Blog! The Complete Guide to Hosting a Successful Car Wash Fundraiser [BLOGS-021825]
Feb 14, 2025
New Blog! Sponsor vs Donor–Understanding the Difference (And How to Appeal to Both) [BLOGS-021325]
Feb 11, 2025
New Blog! 12 Best Nonprofit Marketing Campaigns to Inspire You [BLOGS-0201125]
Feb 3, 2025
Fixed a bug that failed to complete the ticket purchase when the payment type is PayPal [NEWUI-2422]
Feb 1, 2025
Fixed a bug that failed to create a table zero Seating Tree when creating a new Event [NEWUI-2417]
New Blog! Who Are Major Donors and Why Does Your Fundraiser Need Them? [BLOGS-013025]
Jan 29, 2025
Fixed a bug that generated an invalid email to cash pledge donors, when sending bid winner thank you letters [NEWUI-2410]
Jan 23, 2025
New Blog! How to Reactivate Lapsed Donors in 7 Easy Steps (+ Tools to Use) [BLOGS-012325]
Fixed a bug that prevented the creation of a new Event in a single session. [NEWUI-2409]
Jan 19, 2025
Fixed a bug that failed to include misc. items when printing all invoices [NEWUI-2408]
Jan 16, 2025
Added new column 'Ticket Note' to the Tickets Report. This column will capture ticket notes added while performing a 'pay later' check-in ticket purchase. The content of this column can also be edited by a Group Admin, while viewing the Tickets Report [NEWUI-2407]
New Blog! Silent Auction vs Raffle: What's the Better Fundraising Option? [BLOGS-011625]
Jan 13, 2025
Added new Event configuration options to omit the sending of certain system generated emails, following a ticket purchase [NEWUI-2393]
Jan 9, 2025
New Blog! What Is a Donor Journey Map and Why Do Nonprofits Need One? [BLOGS-010925]
Jan 8, 2025
Fixed a bug that failed to show the correct amount for tickets purchased, when reprinting a receipt [NEWUI-2406]
Jan 7, 2025
Show donations and adhoc items in a sperate section on invoices and receipts [NEWUI-2398]
Jan 2, 2025
New Blog! How to Create and Sell More Fundraiser Tickets in 2025 and Beyond [BLOGS-010225]
Dec 23, 2024
Fixed a bug that failed to confirm the email address that was searched while reistering for an Event [NEWUI-2397]
Dec 19, 2024
New Blog! How to Create a Fundraising Calendar for 2025 [BLOGS-121824]
Dec 12, 2024
Added more choices for looking up accounts by email address, when signing up for online bidding [NEWUI-2390]
Dec 11, 2024
New Blog! Door Prize Ideas to Spice Up Your Event [BLOGS-121124]
Dec 5, 2024
New Blog! Big Money Fundraising Ideas For Nonprofits [BLOGS-120424]
Nov 27, 2024
New Blog! What is Peer to Peer Fundraising? Our Comprehensive Guide [BLOGS-112724]
Nov 20, 2024
New Blog! 30 Christmas Fundraising Ideas Guaranteed to Maximize Your Donations [BLOGS-112024]
Nov 18, 2024
Fixed a bug that truncated the credit card payment amount when editing a payment greater than $1,000 [NEWUI-2387]
Nov 14, 2024
New Blog! Food For Thought: 27 Food Fundraising Ideas [BLOGS-111324]
Fixed a bug that failed to forward csrf tokens when handling a PayPal postback [NEWUI-2385]
Nov 8, 2024
Improved video and help for user registration and entering bid results [NEWUI-2004]
Nov 7, 2024
Updated Help and User Interface for 'ticket required to bid' [NEWUI-2290]
New Blog! 15 Auction Themes for Schools to Inspire Your Next Fundraising Event [BLOGS-110624]
Oct 30, 2024
New Blog! Everything You Need to Know About Starting Bids and How to Set Up Your Auction Items for Success [BLOGS-103024]
Oct 28, 2024
Fixed a bug that failed to populate the guest ticket info on the purchaser's home page [NEWUI-2374]
Oct 23, 2024
New Blog! What Is an In Kind Donation? Here Is Everything You Need to Know [BLOGS-102324]
Oct 18, 2024
Added new Event configuration options to hide the custom footnote on tickets and auction item pages. [NEWUI-2359]
Oct 17, 2024
New Blog! 27 Volunteer Appreciation Ideas (Plus Favorite Gifts!) [BLOGS-101624]
Oct 9, 2024
New Blog! What is Giving Tuesday? (Theme Ideas and How to Organize Your Event)[BLOGS-100924]
Oct 3, 2024
Fixed a bug that failed to list all tickets purchased when writing letters to ticket purchasers [NEWUI-2353]
Oct 2, 2024
New Blog! The Beginner's Guide to Nonprofit Payment Processing: Process + Tools [BLOGS-100224]
Sept 27, 2024
Fixed a bug that failed to show the ticket purchaser's info on the first ticket when 'ask for names' is included [NEWUI-2352]
Sep 26, 2024
New Blog! 11 Thanksgiving Fundraising Ideas for the Festive Season [BLOGS-092524]
Sep 23, 2024
Reduced the setup fee for Giving Campaigns to $25.00 [NEWUI-2350]
Sep 20, 2024
Updated Bidsheet checkout QRC and fixed broken links on QRC Hub [NEWUI-2058]
Sep 18, 2024
Fixed a bug that caused a database error when printing Sold Sheets [NEWUI-2349]
New Blog! Warm Up with These Winter Holiday Fundraising Ideas [BLOGS-091824]
Sep 16, 2024
Added the ability for the group admin to limit the amount bid to the bid increment [NEWUI-2342]
Sep 12, 2024
Fixed a bug that failed to hide the auction catalog link when the show auction catalog option is turned off [NEWUI-2332]
Added the ability for the group admin to disable the Bid for me! proxy bidding feature [NEWUI-2335]
New Blog! 21 Fundraising Ideas for Church Youth Groups (and Why They Work) [BLOGS-091124]
Sep 4, 2024
New Blog! Top Donor Acquisition Strategies That You Need to Start Using [BLOGS-090424]
Sep 3, 2024
Fixed a bug that prevented the display of guest tickets purchased by others, on the guest's home page [NEWUI-2340]
Aug 29, 2024
New Blog! The Complete Event Planning Checklist for Schools (Tips and Best Practices Included) [BLOGS-082824]
Aug 21, 2024
New Blog! How to Use Moves Management to Increase Donations [BLOGS-082124]
Aug 20, 2024
The Participants Report is now limited to showing only those Contacts that are marked as bidders. [NEWUI-2327]
Aug 15, 2024
New Blog! 19+ Effective Sports Fundraising Ideas for The New School Year [BLOGS-081424]
Fixed a bug that failed to display the correct party code on the member assisted (pay later) ticket receipt [NEWUI-2326]
Aug 14, 2024
Fixed a bug that was truncating Text messages to 160 characters instead of 480 characters [NEWUI-2324]
Aug 7, 2024
New Blog! The Ultimate Guide to Nonprofit Analytics for Successful Fundraising [BLOGS-080724]
July 31, 2024
New Blog! How to Use Consignment Auction Items in Your Fundraising Strategy (50+ Item Ideas) [BLOGS-073124]
July 24, 2024
New Blog! 3 Pros And Cons of Including the Estimated Value of Items in Your Auction Catalog (Plus 3 Tips for Raising the Most Money) [BLOGS-072424]
New simplified sign in for your bidders/guests. Users need only enter their email address and then the designated authentication code in order to be quickly logged in. If the user's email address is not associated with an account, the system will set up an account for the user. [NEWUI-2116]
July 23, 2024
Printed bid sheets now include a thumbnail image of the auction item. [NEWUI-2306]
July 18, 2024
New Blog! 30+ Golf Tournament Fundraiser Ideas You Can't Go Wrong With [BLOGS-071724]
Fixed a bug that failed to post new SAPro announcements to Groups that received the same announcement for a previous Event [NEWUI-2311]
July 17, 2024
Fixed a bug that caused a redirect to the error page when purchasing a ticket while adding new Contact [NEWUI-2314]
Fixed a bug that failed to show/hide the icons for sending messages when the Contact email and cell fields are populated or cleared [NEWUI-2302]
July 10, 2024
New Blog! 29 Themed Silent Auction Basket Ideas to Inspire You [BLOGS-071024]
July 3, 2024
New Blog! 11 Items to Avoid in Your Next Auction [BLOGS-070324]
June 28, 2024
Added the Contact email address to the search results for Contacts [NEWUI-2011]
New Blog! The Step-by-Step Guide to Hosting Better Hybrid Auctions [BLOGS-062624
June 22, 2024
Added multifactor authentication to our messaging system for increased security in lieu of malicious intent or attack [NEWUI-2287]
June 21, 2024
Updated allowable SMS sending limit to 480 characters. All SMS messages are appended with 'Text STOP to opt out' to help prevent unwanted messages.[NEWUI-2293]
June 20, 2024
New Blog! 70+ Unique Fundraising Ideas for Schools [BLOGS-061924]
June 13, 2024
New Blog! Best Practices to Build Your Own Auction Catalog (Template Included!) [BLOGS-061224]
June 11, 2024
Added a How to Process Refunds QRC to the QRC Hub, as well as created in-page help links to the QRC. Provided additional in-page instructions on refunds and help in key locations to ensure that refunds are processed correctly, and easily. [NEWUI-2297]
June 10, 2024
Fixed the Help Center link on Blogs [NEWUI-2296]
June 6, 2024
New Blog! 11 Crowdfunding Campaign Examples to Inspire You [BLOGS-060624]
June 5, 2024
New Blog! Understanding the 4 Stages of the Donor Cycle [BLOGS-060424]
May 30, 2024
Added new option 'Hide Value' when creating or editing Aution Types [NEWUI-2288]
New Blog! GoFundMe Alternatives You Need to Try [BLOGS-053024]
May 24, 2024
Changed the email 'from' Group name to be the Group name that the message was sent to, regardless of where the message originated [NEWUI-2283]
May 23, 2024
New Blog! Silent Auction vs Live Auction: Which One Is Better For My Nonprofit? [BLOGS-052324]
Improved the graphics on the index page [NEWUI-2252]
Fixed a bug that caused a JSON error when viewing all Event payments [NEWUI-2286]
May 21, 2024
New Blog! Are Charity Auctions Legal? Here Are 3 Things You Must Know [BLOGS-052124]
May 15, 2024
New Blog! Everything You Need to Know About Buyer's Premium In An Auction [BLOGS-051524]
May 9, 2024
New Blog! What Is Proxy Bidding? Why Should I Use It? [BLOGS-050924]
May 7, 2024
New Blog! 5 Auction Games to Make Your Event a Success [BLOGS-050724]
May 3, 2024
New Blog! Winning Fundraiser Seating Strategies to Maximize Bids [BLOGS-050224]
Apr 30, 2024
New Blog! What is a Nonprofit Donor Database and How Can You Create One? [BLOGS-043024]
Apr 24, 2024
New Blog! The Complete Guide to Text To Give Fundraising for Nonprofits [BLOGS-042424]
Apr 17, 2024
Updated the Tides landing page [NEWUI-2251]
New Blog! 7 Things To Do to Receive More Donations Online + 4 Platforms You Can Use [BLOGS-041724]
Apr 11, 2024
New Blog! 7 Tips For a Successful Paddle Raise (From an Expert with 20 Years in the Auction Industry) [BLOGS-041124]
Apr 9, 2024
New Blog! What is a Nonprofit Impact Report and How Can You Write One Using Silent Auction Pro? [BLOGS-040924]
Apr 8, 2024
Reformatted the Home page tickets display to accommodate narrow viewports such as cell phone portrait mode. [NEWUI-2244]
Added links to add or edit a Donation while editing a Contact record. [NEWUI-1078]
Apr 4, 2024
New Blog! How to Host an Online Auction: 15 Tips for Nonprofits [BLOGS-040424]
Apr 3, 2024
Added the ability to send email while editing a Contact. [NEWUI-794]
Apr 2, 2024
New Blog! How to Create a Tax-Compliant Donor Receipt + Templates [BLOGS-040224]
Fixed a bug that failed to show the correct number of tickets purchased on a member assisted guest ticket purchase receipt [NEWUI-1765]
Apr 1, 2024
Fixed a bug that failed to notify all bid winers when closing by Sections [NEWUI-2234]
Mar 31, 2024
Fixed a bug that was displaying guest names on raffle ticket receipts [NEWUI-2213]
Mar 28, 2024
Updated videos on the index home page [NEWUI-2151]
Mar 27,, 2024
New Blog! 5 Nonprofit Fundraising Trends to Know In 2024 [BLOGS-032724]
Mar 25, 2024
Fixed a bug that failed to save guest ticket updates on the Member Home page [NEWUI-2202]
Mar 20, 2024
New Blog! 10 Nonprofit Email Marketing Ideas and How to Implement Them [BLOGS-032024]
Mar 14, 2024
New Blog! 5 Monthly Giving Program Examples and How to Set One Up [BLOGS-031424]
Added the Notes column to the Tickets Report [NEWUI-1065]
Fixed a bug that caused a descrepancy in the number of rows when exporting the Participants Report. [NEWUI-2231]
Mar 12, 2024
New Blog! How to Use Fundraising Analytics For More Successful Events [BLOGS-031224]
Mar 8, 2024
New Blog! Spring Fundraising Ideas for 2024 [BLOGS-030724]
Mar 7, 2024
Fixed a bug that failed to save certain types of 'links' in ticket notes. [NEWUI-2224]
Mar 5, 2024
New Blog! Step-by-step guide to creating a donation page for non-profit events [BLOGS-030524]
Feb 28, 2024
Fixed a bug that generated multiple receipt emails when the User clicks the 'back' button to navigate back to the online ticket purchase receipt. [NEWUI-2214]
Feb 27, 2024
Fixed a bug in the Import Contacts handler that failed to display the correct row number for duplicate entries. [NEWUI-2173]
Feb 26, 2024
Enhanced information and access to our Risk Free Item Shop partner. Easily find links to the online Risk Free Item Shop consignment catalog within the enter donation flow. Additional help resources for the Risk Free Item Shop were also added. [NEWUI-2177]
Feb 20, 2024
Fixed a bug that failed to set the auction item image when creating auction items from cloned donations. [NEWUI-2203]
Feb 15, 2024
Fixed a bug that failed to indicate the online status of certain auction items, when editing auction items. [NEWUI-2205]
Feb 8, 2024
New Blog! Top 9 Mobile Bidding Software You Should Try in 2024 [BLOGS-020724]
Feb 5, 2024
Fixed a bug that failed to display the correct image on the Demo Group Giving Page. [NEWUI-2186]
Donation Titles may now include the Okina character [NEWUI-2182]
Feb 01, 2024
New Blog! Fundraiser Performance Management Explained (Best Practices Included) [BLOGS-020124]
Jan 30, 2024
Updates to 'Our Story' [NEWUI-1830]
Remove the Announcent Id link when showing Group Anouncements on the Home page [NEWUI-1883]
Jan 29, 2024
Fixed a bug that failed to update the cell number when updating a guest ticket from the Home page [NEWUI-2183]
New Blog! Here's What Every Nonprofit Needs to Know About Donor Segmentation [BLOGS-012624]
Jan 26, 2024
Fixed a bug that failed to include the Party Code and Notes option when purchasing tickets from the Home page [NEWUI-2179]
Jan 24, 2024
Fix a bug that failed to display payment failures when ordering credit card readers [NEWUI-2180]
Jan 23, 2024
New Blog! Here's What Nonprofits Can Do to Encourage Recurring Donations [BLOGS-012324]
Jan 21, 2024
Fixed a bug that prevented scrolling the Home page on small screens [NEWUI-2178]
Jan 19, 2024
New Blog! 7 Steps to Planning a Successful Fundraising Event [blogs-011924]
Jan 17, 2024
New blog! 15 Fundraising Strategies You Should Try at Your Nonprofit [blogs-011724]
Jan 16, 2024
Fixed a bug that pulled an incorrect Contact when Writing Letters to Campaign Donors [NEWUI-2171]
Jan 8, 2024
Fix Write letters update to clean body etc. [NEWUI-2169]
Dec 26, 2023
New blog! OneCause vs GiveSmart vs Silent Auction Pro [BLOGS-122823]
Fixed issue in the handler for adding new miscellanous bids. [NEWUI-2167]
New blog! What is Donor Management and Tools to Try? [BLOGS-122623]
Dec 21, 2023
New blog! Successful Fundraising Campaign Examples [BLOGS-122123]
Dec 19, 2023
New blog! Donor Centric Fundraising Explained + 5 Tips to Get You Started [BLOGS-121923]
Dec 17, 2023
Fixed an issue were you could not remame branches in the Global Min Bid / Max Bid page. [NEWUI-2160]
Dec 14, 2023
New blog! Crowdfunding vs. fundraising: How are they different? [BLOGS-121423]
Dec 12, 2023
Fixed a problem with processing a FAN bid. [NEWUI-2158]
New blog! 18 Ideas for Silent Auction Items (Breakdown by Budget) [BLOGS-121223]
Dec 7, 2023
We have a new way to support "Miscellaneous" items - Go to Check in & Check out > Enter / Edit Auction Results & Cash Pledges,
then click on the Enter / delete miscellaneous event fees. There you can choose a few type (category), the person, FMV (Fair market value) and the amount and it
gets added to the persons invoice. You can even enter negative amounts. [NEWUI-1758]
New blog! End of the year holiday fundraising ideas! [BLOGS-120723]
Dec 5, 2023
New blog! How to price silent auction items? [BLOGS-120523]
Dec 2, 2023
Editing your profile caused a db error because menu choice was not defined. [NEWUI-2150]
Nov 30, 2023
New blog! Are Charity Auctions Tax Deductible? [BLOGS-113023]
Nov 28, 2023
New blog! Guide to Writing a Silent Auction Donation Request Letter [BLOG-112823]
We removed the ability to switch to the old menu system as it is no longer supported. [NEWUI-2145]
Nov 21, 2023
Bug fixes for the Communications Metrics [NEWUI-2140]
Nov 17, 2023
Minor fix to UI on mobile devices when viewing the auction catalog and detail pages. [NEWUI-2067]
First release of our Blog page and first Blog! [blogs-111523]
First release of our Webinar page and first Webinar! [newui-2098]
Nov 14, 2023
Added a "Robot" icon in the member home page bidding status section that will highlight when a person has been
outbid by another person's Bid for me! max bid. This has caused confusion in the past. [NEWUI-2063]
Fixed an issue with sending Instant Login links. [NEWUI-2121]
Fixed issue with the Bidding Kiosk working for fixed price items. [NEWUI-2131]
Fixed issue with Ticket Detail not showing on the Tickets Info page. [NEWUI-2130]
Nov 13, 2023
We've update our demo group and added a new attribute to the Auction Types called Info Only. Setting this to Yes makes
whatever you name the Auction Type show up on the home page below the picture (Like "Heads or Tails", "Wine Pull", etc.) and removes the UI element that
would normally allow you to bid on the items. We also updated the Bidding Kiosk to support the new Fixed Price item flow and added the abiliy to look up
auction items by name or item number. [NEWUI-1751, NEWUI-1736, NEWUI-1945]
Added the ability to preview auction items that are off line from the Online Catalog Tools page. [NEWUI-2095]
Added the ability to export Admission tickets from the Admission Tickets accordion on the Ticket Info Report [NEWUI-1529]
Added link on the left below the navigation to allow you to get back to the home page. [NEWUI-1474]
When uploading images for Event, Write Letters, and other situations, the image size will now default to a percentage
of the screen making those images responsive for different viewport sizes. [NEWUI-675]
Nov 13, 2023
Added Delete Donations to the main menu and improvements to the Delete Donations section of the page. [NEWUI-966]
Nov 1, 2023
Fixed an issue where member assisted ticket purchases of tickets for guest would not set that guest as a bidder if
they were already in the system. [NEWUI-2107]
Oct 31, 2023
Added a new Kiwanis landing page. [NEWUI-2103]
Modified the Edit Donation page to not show "Taxable" if the tax rate is not greater than zero. This is consistent with the
Add Donation page. [NEWUI-2099]
Modified the return link in 22 files from bidonlinegrid.php to memberhome.php to make those links work for Bidsheet customers as well. [NEWUI-2104]
Oct 30, 2023
Added button to the Edit Event page to be able to delete all credit cards on file as part of archiving an event. [NEWUI-1386]
Improvements and updates to help files, videos and QRCs. [NEWUI-1876]
Fixed a bug that would sometimes lower the authorization level when a person was purchasing tickets. [NEWUI-1928]
Oct 26, 2023
Added new Quick Reference Cards (QRCs) for Admission and Raffle tickets. [NEWUI-1451]
Added back the ability to sort tickets on the ticket preview page using drag-and-drop [NEWUI-2097]
Oct 25, 2023
Fixed a bug that opened the ticket includes and names section above the tickets.
This however disabled the ability to change the sort order of tickets that was added a couple days ago. [NEWUI-2097]
Released our new blogs page. Content to follow! [NEWUI-1759]
Oct 23, 2023
Modified the system to save donation images individually for each donation rather than a single image for a group if donations. This should eliminate
issues we've see where donation images "go away" when users are deleting one or more donations that are part of a group. [NEWUI-1535]
Group Administrators may now change the order of tickets presented on the ticket purchase pages by dragging and droping from the ticket preview page. [NEWUI-881]
Oct 20, 2023
Fixed an issue with configuring a CardConnect merchant account that CardConnect created. [NEWUI-2092]
Oct 19, 2023
Added warning alert when enabling the Ticket required to bid option. [NEWUI-2090]
Oct 18, 2023
Fixed a bug that caused donation images for an existing donation to be deleted if the user cloned a donation and then deleted the images in the newly cloned donation. [NEWUI-2088]
Updated the form in help for Worldpay [NEWUI-2079]
Oct 14, 2023
Fixed a bug that in certain cases would change the membership level of a User down to a guest if they had a higher level membership. [NEWUI-1928]
Oct 10, 2023
Other Email and SMS handler updates [NEWUI-2049]
Oct 9, 2023
Fixed the formatting of the footnote on the printed receipts page. [NEWUI-2075]
Changes to the Text and Email to Register functionality to exclude contacts where the email address is being used
by another User. [NEWUI-2069a]
Minor fix to the Notify Winners button on the AuctionDay page. Button is now disabled until you choose a section to notify. [NEWUI-2033]
Oct 6, 2023
Fixed a bug that made the Custom Color Branding available to Mobile Plus customers. It's only available to Mobile Pro customers [NEWUI-1982]
Added code to prevent sending an instant login link from the Participant's Report if the email and cell numbers are being used by someone else. [NEWUI-2070]
Added code to prevent sending an instant login link from the Edit Person page if the email and cell numbers are being used by someone else. [NEWUI-2052]
Oct 5, 2023
Fixed a bug that caused two login buttons to show on mobile views when viewing the Auction Catalog or a item
detail page and the guest was not logged in. [NEWUI-2062]
Oct 4, 2023
New users signing up using an "instant login link" occasionally got an error when clicking the like from the email they were sent. [NEWUI-2025]
Updated the system so that if someone has a "remember me" cookie set and comes back from an outbid notification they will be automatically
remembered and logged in. [NEWUI-2026]
Updated QRCs and help [NEWUI-2038]
Fixed a bug where if a guest bailed on the sign up process or when purchasing a ticket, they could end up in Silent Auction Pro waiting to
be reconciled, but there is no reconcile request so they are in limbo. This update will try to auto-reconcile them and if that doesn't work they will be left to be
reconciled by the Group Admin. [NEWUI-1972]
Oct 3, 2023
Modified the default number of invoices to show on the Batch Out page to 50 [NEWUI-2044]
Update the Event History page to all showing all results in the Bidding Details sections and added the nice "spinner" to
show when it's loading data. [NEWUI-2045]
Fixed a bug that prevented the ability to export contacts, bidders, etc., when there isn't a current event. [NEWUI-2055]
Sep 28, 2023
Fixed the Text and Email to Register template so that it selects the current event. [NEWUI-2047]
When opening the search page to search for contacts, the page automatically puts the focus in the Search box so you can just
start typing what you want to search for. [NEWUI-2036]
Sep 27, 2023
Fixed a bug in the export of items bought where the amount of tax was not being calculated correctly. [NEWUI-2040]
Modified the Event History page, Bid Details section to show up to 2500 rows. [NEWUI-2045]
Fixed a bug that in special circumstances caused bidder numbers to change or guests who were marked as a bidder to be unmarked as a bidder. [NEWUI-2029]
Sep 26, 2023
Fixed a bug that prevented the ability to search by bidder number from the check-in page. [NEWUI-2030]
Sep 25, 2023
When users are sent an instant login link, Silent Auction Pro will now "remember" them on that device. [NEWUI-2020]
Backed out the code that prevented contact who are reconciled to users from showing on the reconcile page. [NEWUI-809]
Sep 19, 2023
Fixed a bug that caused the first line to be omitted when the table assignements report was exported to a CSV file. [NEWUI-1959]
Sep 18, 2023
Fixed a bug that caused the Participant's Report to show a bid when one was not placed by the bidder. [NEWUI-2010]
Sep 15, 2023
Fixed a bug where unused tickets were showing as locked on the editperson.php page. [NEWUI-2005]
Added the ability to include table seating assignments in the custom communications forms. [NEWUI-1447, NEWUI-2006]
Sep 14, 2023
Branding enhancement - Modified the Auction Catalog and item details pages so if they are "public facing" (User is not logged in) and
the group has purchased the MobilePro package, that the Silent Auction Pro logo and our home page menu won't show. [NEWUI-1991]
Sep 13, 2023
UI enhancement. Changed the Tickets Info Report to use the graphical "processing" / spinner icon while the page
is loading [NEWUI-1999]
Fixed a bug that prevented the Manage Table Seating Assignments page from loading. [NEWUI-1998]
Sep 12, 2023
Fixed a bug that prevented the ability to export the tickets report. [NEWUI-1995]
Modified the Text and Email to Register functionality to allow sending to All Contacts and All Bidders and Attendees
rather than just those who did not have a card on file. [NEWUI-1994]
Updated the Auction Catalog page to NOT show the Silent Auction Pro logo when the group has purchased
MobilePro and people are visiting the page without being logged in. [NEWUI-1991]
Fixed sorting issue in the server-side datatable version of the participant's report [NEWUI-1976a]
Sep 9, 2023
Fixed a bug where if you were entering a contact and got the duplicate contact alert and cancelled, you
would end up on a white screen because that file had been removed. [NEWUI-1990]
Fixed a bug where unused tickets were not showing up when you chose the Use Existing Ticket dialog. [NEWUI-1988]
Sep 8, 2023
Modified the Payments by Event page to allow you to show all the payments.
Made improvements to the reconcilation process to prevent the ability to reconcile User accounts to multiple contacts or overwrite
exiting connections between Users and Contacts. [NEWUI-809]
Sep 6, 2023
Removed the Outstanding Invoices section from the Event History report. Please see the Batch Out page instead. [NEWUI-1977]
Added code to prevent editing "Fund-A-Need" automatic auction items. [NEWUI-1929]
Sep 4, 2023
Fixed another bug where bidders marked as a bidder couldn't bid. [NEWUI-1952]
Sep 3, 2023
Fixed a bug where the Category was set to the wrong value when cloning a previous donation. [NEWUI-1970]
Sep 1, 2023
Fixed a bug on the Participant's Report where the page failed to update the checked-in status when checked. [NEWUI-1971]
Fixed a bug that caused database problems and site instability when groups accessed the FAN Monitor page. [NEWUI-1954]
Aug 29, 2023
Fixed an issue with the Participant's Report that prevented it from rendering for Bidsheet customers [NEWUI-1956]
Aug 28, 2023
Fixed a bug that diabled the ability for a bidder to bid when checking the "checked in" checkbox on the
Participant's Report. [NEWUI-1952]
Aug 25, 2023
Removed code from the Auction Day page that was marking all attendees as bidders. [NEWUI-1947]
Updated messages to refer to the new menu system. [NEWUI-1870]
Fixed a bug that failed to show retired Giving Campaigns allowing donors to make a donation to the
campaign after it had been closed. [NEWUI-1858]
Fixed a bug that occasionally sent duplicate copies of receipts to Group Admins when the receipt
was being emails as a result of a reprint [NEWUI-1310]
Modified code to allow more customization in the Display Sheets template in the Write Letters section. [NEWUI-1805]
Aug 24, 2023
Removed the ability to delete a Party from the Manage Seating Assignments page. You should not be able to do that as it also
deletes the parties tickets. [NEWUI-1946]
Modified the reconcile page to exclude Contacts who are already reconciled to a User account. [NEWUI-809]
Added the link to the buyer's contact record in the Purchased tickets detail page. [NEWUI-1942]
Aug 23, 2023
Fixed a bugs / UI issues related to the display of content in the data tables. [NEWUI-1934: NEWUI-1916, NEWUI-1924, NEWUI-1931, NEWUI-1933]
Fixed a bug in the "Remember Me" functionality that resulted in a white screen when trying to be remembered on a second device. [NEWUI-1937]
Aug 22, 2023
Added Group mailing address to the create group and event flow. [NEWUI-1936]
Aug 21, 2023
Group administrators may now require that a ticket is purchased to bid on auction items. This can be further refined to
require that a specific type of ticket is purchased to bid on auction items using a specific auction type. For instance, you could require that ticket
be purchased to bid in the Live auction and that a different ticket - perhaps even a "comp" ticket is required to bid on silent auction items. [NEWUI-1831]
Aug 20, 2023
Added the ability to easily show archived contacts from the Search Contacts page. [NEWUI-1912]
Aug 17, 2023
Fixed a bug when trying to export a tickets report [NEWUI-1920]
When adding a new contact, the system will now include archived contacts in the search to make sure that
you are not adding a duplicate contact that has already been archived. Prior to this the system only looked at unarchived contacts. [NEWUI-1911]
Fixed a bug that caused a CSRF erorr when trying to delete mutliple donations. [NEWUI-1918]
August 16, 2023
Added Contact Owner to the export when exporting Contacts. [NEWUI-1908]
Fixed issues with row counts and ticket includes reporting that were introduced with NEWUI-1783 below. [NEWUI-1901,1903,1904]
August 13, 2023
Modified the system to significantly improve the performance for groups with large numbers of contacts. Searching for contacts,
showing tickets, etc., now load almost instantly. [NEWUI-1783]
August 12, 2023
Silent Auction Pro will now offer Users a "Remember Me" option that if checked will place a cookie
on the device they are using that will allow our system to automatically log them back in for 400 days. [NEWUI-1836]
August 8, 2023
Fixed a bug that caused the city and state to be recorded incorrectly when creating a new group. [NEWUI-1896]
UI/UX tweak on the create group page. [NEWUI-1890]
August 6, 2023
Improvements to the Display Features / Event Proceeds page. [NEWUI-1851]
Modified the Donate / FAN page to NOT show the amount raised if the checkbox to show the "amount raised, goal, thermometer and drop confetti" is unchecked. [NEWUI-1885]
Modified the Consignment items page so that is only visible to Auction Admins or higher and made the link to the
Risk Free Catalog work for Auction Admins and higher too. [NEWUI-1886]
Fixed an issue with the display event proceeds not picking up the goal. [NEWUI-1889]
July 31, 2023
Added autocomplete=off to form elements in the addperson.php and editperson.php pages to try to prevent those fields
from pulling in previous data. [NEWUI-1878]
July 30, 2023
Added link to create a Giving Campaign to the Manage My Subscription page. [NEWUI-1640]
Added quick links to the Ticket Info page when creating or editing tickets. [NEWUI-1488]
Added quick link to the Add a donation page to make it easier to add a new donation from a new donor. [NEWUI-xxx]
Minor updates to the Order credit card readers page. [NEWUI-1740]
Fixed capitalization for consistency on the Links & QR codes section. [NEWUI-498]
Minor change to QR code pages to align content with page functionality. [NEWUI-1679]
July 28, 2023
Added the ability to change the sort order when printing tracking sheets and auctioneer info sheets. [NEWUI-1849]
July 21, 2023
Modified the requirements for user names to allow dashes. [NEWUI-1872]
July 13, 2023
We've released a new and improved version of our help video tutorials page. [NEWUI-1247]
July 12, 2023
Silent Auction Pro now offers a highly curated catalog of risk free consignment auction items as well as a "donor intelligence" report
to help our customers find the best of the best auction items that match their guests interestes. [NEWUI-1854]
July 10, 2023
Updated the Online Catalog Tools page to present a "Preview Catalog" button that opens the Auction Catalog in a new window. [NEWUI-1846]
Modified the behavior of the buttons on the Event History section of the Auction Admin home page to enable them so if you
viewed a report and use the back button, you don't have to re-choose the event to re-enable the buttons. [NEWUI-1848]
July 7, 2023
Changed the functionality when resetting the demo group to default to showing the Auction Catalog Button [NEWUI-1852]
July 5, 2023
Fixed the switch menu option so that people can switch back to the old "role" based menu. [NEWUI-1850]
June 30, 2023
Fixed an issue where the Online Catalog Tools was not showing the correct status of the Show Auction Catalog Button. [NEWUI-1847]
June 28, 2023
Administrators may now hide the Auction Catalog button from the home page for guests until they are ready
to publish the catalog. This is done from the Onine Catalog Tools page. That page also contains a link to preview the catalog. [NEWUI-1763]
June 25, 2023
Modified the search on the Contact search page to exclude the 'Contact owner' column. [NEWUI-1843]
When entering bids in the Enter Bid Results form, fixed price items now use the "Price" instead of the declared value of the item. We added
the ability to have a different price for an item than it's declared value earlier this year. [NEWUI-1754]
Fixed a bug in the "Fixed Price item with printed bid sheet or tracking sheet" auction type in the demo group. [NEWUI-1842]
June 24, 2023
Fixed a bug that caused a "undefined" filter button to appear when no special filters were selected. [NEWUI-1841]
June 16, 2023
Updated the Payments By Event page to default to sorting by the payment date. [NEWUI-918]
June 14, 2023
Fixed an issue when adding or editing a person you could not add a phone extension. [NEWUI-1837]
June 10, 2023
Changes to our home page, features, pricing, etc., to help with SEO [NEWUI-1764]
June 8, 2023
Removed link to old help on the help page. [NEWUI-1825]
June 7, 2023
Major overhaul of our written help so that it aligns with the new menu system. [NEWUI-1580]
June 5, 2023
Modified the message that is sent by the Text and Email to register template to remove the reference to online bidding
as that template can be used by Bidsheet Pro customers. [NEWUI-1823]
We updated the process for creating a new group and event to combine it into a single step to make it easier
for new customers. [NEWUI-1479]
Fixed a bug where the code failed to restore the Category when a donation is cloned from a previous event. [NEWUI-1718]
June 1, 2023
UI improvement. If a group uses the original sign up flow, we will present the user with the group information after creating their account
to confirm they are joining the right group. [NEWUI-1815]
May 30, 2023
Minor UI change to menu [NEWUI-1810]
Fixed a bug in the participant's report that prevented it from loading and showing 10 results by default. Also
removed the alert that told about the new menu as that is old news now. [NEWUI-1796]
May 27, 2023
Fixed a bug where when returning to the Create & Edit messages page after reviewing a message or sending a test, the "Activity" drop-down [NEWUI-1724]
May 25, 2023
Cell phone numbers for guest tickets were being recorded in the ticket but not transferring to the contact record. That's fixed. Also fixed
an issue with trying to update a ticket from the member home page if the ticket holder's cell number was blank. [NEWUI-1804]
Added a checkbox to the create user form allowing people who live outside the US or Canada to not provide a cell number as we can't send them
text messages anyway, therefore their cell number is not required. Also modified the main landing page for sign-ups to include a link to the alternate signup path if the
person does not have a US or Canada based cell phone. [NEWUI-1811]
May 24, 2023
Removed the movement on the index.php page for better SEO. Updated the features.php page to change most of the content from
paragraphs to bullets for better readability and SEO. [NEWUI-1764]
UX enhancement. Modified the Online Ticket Purchase page so that the "Next" button is disabled until at least
one ticket type has been selected. [NEWUI-1762]
May 23, 2023
Added additional fields to the contact transactions report and renamed the link to CRM Export / Contact Transactions for this event. [NEWUI-1807]
To improve performance and save disk space, photos for duplicate donations are shared. This release fixes a bug where if one of the duplicate donations
was deleted, the system would delete the photo on the disk leaving the remaining donations with a broken photo. We now check to make sure that there are not other donations using
the same photo before deleting it from the disk. [NEWUI-1428]
May 21, 2023
We added filters to the Auction Catalog that allow bidders filter and see items that have no bids, "low bids" (current bid is less than 50% of the value, and
"Popular items" (Top ten items based on number of bids). [NEWUI-1791]
May 18, 2023
Added a new feature that will automatically redistribute bid winners for Top-n-Win items AFTER the bidding
has ended if the top bid is deleted by an administrator. [NEWUI-1714]
Fixed a bug that caused the purchase price for a fixed price item to revert to the value of the item if the auction item was edited. [NEWUI-1757]
Additional code changes to strip out HTML tags from auction item titles. Fixed the Edit Auction Items page. [NEWUI-1788]
Fixed a bug that created a white screen when trying to create a new event. [NEWUI-1798]
May 17, 2023
Updated the left nav menu Contacts section and removed the Add/Search for Contacts and Show All Contacts option. Replaced that with Search for Contacts which
goes directly to the searchresults.php page. This also fixes a back-button issue where the system ends up showing all the results. This release also adds pagination to
most pages that are presenting data in a tablular format. This speeds up the page loads. [NEWUI-1648]
Added code to strip out HTML tags from titles when creating auction items as these can cause problems. [NEWUI-1788]
May 15, 2023
Added the ability to capture a cell phone number for guests when purchasing tickets. Also, we now allow the group administrator
to decide if the email address and cell number are required when purchasing guests tickets. The default is that they are NOT required. If we have both an email address
and cell number for a guest, then it's possible to send that guest an instant login link. [NEWUI-1153]
Modified the bid detail page to allow bidding on Live auction items if the option is set. This got changed in a previous release. [NEWUI-1795]
Changed the font color on alert buttons to white to be consistent with the site and work for custom color branding. [NEWUI-1793]
Modified the Switch Groups page so that you can't click the submit button before choosing a group. [NEWUI-1786]
May 11, 2023
Added quick links after creating an auction item to view that in the catalog. [NEWUI-1781]
May 10, 2023
Added back the ability to text a sign-up link in the check-in tools area. Shouldn't have been removed. [NEWUI-6]
May 9, 2023
Fixed a bug that caused the error page to be presented on mobile devices when an admin user was not logged in and clicked on a
link to reconcile contacts. [NEWUI-1708]
Bidding Kiosk link went missing with the latest UI release. Added it back to the Check-in area.
May 8, 2023
When cloning an auction item, adminstrators may now set the number of cloned auction items to create. [NEWUI-1756]
You may now view previous versions of your Auction Catalog from the Event History page. [NEWUI-1753]
Significant updates to the menu system and related User Interface improvements. In this release:
Enhanced task-based menu system designed to get you where you want to go faster.
Friendlier page titles, button labels, section headers and field names to help you find what you need.
Updated page layout to make your task flow more organized and obvious.
All around design changes built on customer feedback made to create a more user friendly Silent Auction Pro experience
All Users are now set to use the new task-based menu. Users may still switch back to the old role-based menu if they wish. [NEWUI-6]
We removed the "Not Biddable" label from the Auction Catalog when items are not biddable (such as sponsorships, live auction item, etc.)
We also show when items are Live auction items in the Auction Catalog [NEWUI-1726]
Added quick navigation links to the top of the Item Bid History and Bidder Bid History to allow quick access to the Participant's report and Online
Bidding Status page as appropriate. [NEWUI-1772]
Fixed a bug that prevented links directly to the Auction Catalog from working. This was introduced as part of this release. [NEWUI-1773]
May 5, 2023
Added announcement page for the Spring 2023 UI release. Also fixed the reset demo group file to not make the raffle tickets ask for names.
April 26, 2023
Fixed a bug that prevented the ability to enter a range of gift certificates to print. [NEWUI-1039]
April 25, 2023
Added email, phone number and cell number to the purchase tickets receipt if it exists. [NEWUI-1744]
April 21, 2023
Changed the Edit My Profile page so that you do not have to enter your password (or a new password) to submit the form. [NEWUI-1734]
April 15, 2023
Minor wording changes to the purchase tickets page to let users know they can use their email address
instead of their username to log in. [NEWUI-1713TEMP]
April 13, 2023
Added the ability (a filter) to print bidder numbers for attendees who do not have a credit card on file. [NEWUI-1712]
April 12, 2023
Rare bug fix caused another problem. Reverted the code. [NEWUI-1710 / NEWUI-1708]
Fixed a rare bug that caused the error page to display when clicking on a reconcile link from a text message. [NEWUI-1708]
April 6, 2023
Added the ability to have both a priceless and not priceless top-n-win items with the same number of items available. [NEWUI-1704]
Updated the Write Letters page to allow targeting ANY event when the To option is set to Event Donors. [NEWUI-1576]
March 31, 2023
Fixed a bug that prevented donation titles with double quotes in them like "this is the title" to NOT display when editing the
donation. [NEWUI-1682]
Improved the error message presented to the guest / user when their credit card information has expired with the processor. [NEWUI-1639]
March 28, 2023
The Enter Bids page will now accept the ENTER key to submit the form. [NEWUI-1346]
Added the link to go to the reconcile page when we send a text notification that guests are waiting to be reconciled. [NEWUI-1690]
Fixed a bug that generated extra entries in the Attendee table and possibly left bidders without bidder numbers assigned. [NEWUI-1698]
Modified the valid email test to allow up to 63 characters for the domain extension. [NEWUI-1700]
March 27, 2023
Fixed a bug that prevented the Bid Winners Report from exporting when used from the new menu system. [NEWUI-1671]
Released a bunch of new and updated Quick Reference Cards and checklists. [NEWUI-1612]
March 20, 2023
Added new help pages for each menu level in the new task-based menus. [NEWUI-1663]
We now have the ability to import donations from a spreadsheet. This is provided as a service for which there is a $100 charge.
Here's a link to the data we can import in a Google Doc. [NEWUI-1545]
March 18, 2023
Added the ability for Silent Auction Pro to post information announcements in the group announcements area. These will be timely
and helpful updates from us regarding new features, helpful hints, post event informaiton and more. Group Administrators may delete these announcements if they wish. [NEWUI-1608]
March 14, 2023
Updated the site so that BidSheet Plus customers can edit their ticket information. [NEWUI-1617]
March 13, 2023
Added a new report to the Display Functions where you can display a dynamic page that totals up all the bids on auction items by
Table at your event. You may also choose to only tally up purchases / bids by a particular category. [NEWUI-1656]
Added a new attribute to auction items that now makes it possible to have auction items NOT showing in the auction catalog but
still biddable or purchasable by your guests. [NEWUI-1654]
March 10, 2023
We have a new report that exports all in-kind donations donated, auction items won, tickets purchased
and cash donations given via the Donate or Fund-a-Need page, plus refunds for EACH contact in your Silent Auction Pro database.
Use this report to export data for importing into your CRM. You can find the report in the Reports & Export area, the link is called
"Export all contact transactions for this event" [NEWUI-1636]
We've update and added new Quick References Cards. These are quick, one-page instructions for completing
common tasks in Silent Auction Pro. IMPORTANT: They assume you are using the new "task-based" menu. If you are not, (if you see Home as the top left menu option you are
on the old "role-based" menu) you can easily switch by going to the upper right menu where you see your name, click and choose the Switch menu option. [NEWUI-1645]
March 8, 2023
Added the ContactId to the Participant's Report export file. [NEWUI-1626]
Modifications to the Participant's Report flow, Edit Person and Add Person to make the pages return to the correct starting point. [NEWUI-1647]
Centered the QR code on the FAN / Donate page. [NEWUI-1644]
March 7, 2023
Added table name to the export from the Participant's Report [NEWUI-1626]
Changed the print invoice pages to NOT print the banner if one exists and instead us the group logo. [NEWUI-1630]
March 6, 2023
Fixed the pop-up info message on the Edit Event page regarding turning off the thermometer and confetti drop on the Donate page. [NEWUI-1582]
Updated the auto create auction items page to prevent users from inserting an A at the beginning of the auction item number.
values should just be numbers. [NEWUI-1586]
Modified the system to allow the ability to add and edit contacts when the group does not have a current event. [NEWUI-1471]
Fixed a bug that caused the system to send an email to guests after they had been reconciled but omitted their first name if they
did not already have a Silent Auction Pro User account. In this case it also sent a link that did not log them in and caused confusion. [NEWUI-1638, NEWUI-619]
March 5, 2023
Updated all users who created an account subsequent to Jan 30th to use the new menu system. []
Fixed a bug that prevented certain contacts from not being marked as a bidder and assigned a bidder number when
using the "Assign bidder numbers to all bidders" button on the Participant's report. [NEWUI-1618]
March 4, 2023
Updated the self checkout invoice page to add a Done button when the amount due is zero. This happens when a user visits the page
or more importantly when they are "purchasing" comp tickets. Needed an easy way to get them back to their home page. [NEWUI-1633]
Additional work on passwords / Edit User page. [NEWUI-1634]
Fixed a bug that prevented tickets through the member assisted ticket purchase flow from showing on the guests member home page. [NEWUI-1627]
March 3, 2023
Added an eye-dropper element to the Edit Custom Colors page to make it easy to choose colors from images present on your computer. [NEWUI-1547]
Fixed the positioning of the QR code in display mode on the bid online detail page. []
Fixed a bug that prevented the create login page from showing the password format requirements. Also fixed an issue where customers
using Card Connect as their processor would see a zero dollar amount on the credit card entry form for Card Connect. [NEWUI-1625]
March 2, 2023
Fixed a bug where assigning bidder numbers to all bidders from the Participant's Report didn't work for groups using the original
bidder number assignment policy. Also fixed the sorting of the bidder number column. [NEWUI-1618]
March 1, 2023
Minor UI tweak - When someone makes a donation on the "Donate" page it was recorded on the guests home page as "FAN Btn: button_label" because we
used to call the Donate page the FAN or Fund-A-Need page. We changed it so that what the guest now sees on their home page is Donate: button_label instead. [NEWUI-1616]
February 24, 2023
New Quick Reference Cards for creating auction items. [NEWUI-1542]
Fixed a bug that prevented guest names from saving when purchasing tickets from the guest ticket purchase page. [NEWUI-1553]
February 23, 2023
Added filters to the auto-convert page to make it easy to filter the auction types. [NEWUI-1571]
Added code to the public online ticket purchase page to prevent the ENTER key from submitting the form. [NEWUI-1609]
February 17, 2023
Modified the "Find and archive inactive contacts" page to allow searching by just the label. [NEWUI-1599]
Not really a bug, but we updated the code so that when you use the "Switch Menus" option in the upper right drop-down
menu it saves the menu option to which the user was switched. [NEWUI-1600]
Fixed a bug that directed a guest to a blank page if their session had expired and they tried to visit a
page that required them to be logged in. This is a rare occurance but now that link works and will allow them to log back in. [NEWUI-1355]
Feb 15, 2023
Updated the email that is sent when someone requests a demo. [NEWUI-1564]
Feb 14, 2023
Added the table search field to the Edit Auction Items page. [NEWUI-1591]
Added code to prevent the possiblity of entering duplicate auction item numbers into the auction items table. Modified
the auto-convert handler to bail if it happens and give the user a soft landing. [NEWUI-1591]
Feb 13, 2023
Added the option to show or not show ticket numbers for raffle tickets. [NEWUI-1578]
Fixed an issue that prevented bidder numbers from showing on the invoice page when coming from the Batch Process Invoices page. [NEWUI-1593]
Enhanced the flow when checking in a guest to make it easy to print their bidder number. [NEWUI-1592]
February 11, 2023
Increased the spacing between the menu options on the upper right drop-down menu (login / logout) for better usability on mobile devices. [NEWUI-1588]
Feb 8, 2023
The member home page will now show an alert to Auction Administrators or higher level members if there are
more than 2 guests waiting to be reconciled. That alert will take them directly to the reconcile page. Also updated the reconcile page to
better explain why it needs to be done. The user may also add their cell phone to the notify list to receive a text when guests need to be
reconciled. [NEWUI-1579]
Added a link back on the help page to the old written help.
Removed the "Pay later" option from the guest checkout page. [NEWUI-1584]
Feb 7, 2023
Removed the old written help. It was getting out of date and also does not match the new "task-based" menus to which
we are switching. We will be focused on writing in page help (Proceedural help) and updating the videos. [NEWUI-1580]
Feb 6, 2023
Previous donations report now groups donations by title and event date. This can significantly reduce the clutter on
the page as well as the page load times for groups who have been using us for a long time or who have lots of duplicated donations. [NEWUI-1022]
Added email and physical address to the output results on the Find and archive inactive contacts page. [NEWUI-1577]
Fixed issue with sorting by date on the Previous Donations Report [NEWUI-1575]
Feb 2, 2023
Fixed a bug that prevented users from changing guest ticket holder names on their home page. [NEWUI-1566]
Feb 1, 2023
Added the ability to filter the "Find and archive inactive contacts" search by the Contact Label. [NEWUI-1555]
Added the bidder number and auction item number to the export spreadsheet that
Silent Auction Pro will automatically create after entering FAN / Donate records. Added the Bidder Number to the
columns that display on the FAN Monitor page. [NEWUI-1552]
Jan 31, 2023
Added the ability to easily toggle between the task-based and role-based menu options in the upper
right drop-down menu. [NEWUI-1562]
Modified the system so that new users will automatically be set up with the task-based menu option rather than the
old role-based menu option. The task-based menu option is more intuitive for new users. [NEWUI-1561]
Raffle ticket numbers for purchased raffle tickets now show on the purchases home page. [NEWUI-1526]
Jan 27, 2023
UI/UX improvement to the auto-create page. [NEWUI-1558]
Modified the add donation page so that the alert will fire if you set the donation count to more than one. This was
failing for existing customers because of a caching problem. [NEWUI-1554]
Jan 25, 2023
We've enhanced how to create and offer fixed price items in Silent Auction Pro. This adds the ability to
purchase more than one item at a time and fixes an issue where if two people were trying to purchase the same item at the same time, one would
get a "Sorry this item is already sold" message. [NEWUI-1503]
Jan 24, 2023
Mobile Pro users have the ability to customize their site colors. On that page if the group has a banner uploaded we will now show
the group banner to help with picking complimentary colors. [NEWUI-1546]
Jan 21, 2023
When exporting a CSV file from the Write Letters, you may now set the name of the file that will be exported. [NEWUI-1540]
Jan 20, 2023
When creating a bundles auction item, we removed the constraint that the minimum bid can't be more than the Buy-It-Now price (also called
the max bid). This constraint was in place soley for paper-based bidding to ensure that bidding spots would print on the paper-based bid sheets. If items don't have a
Buy-It-Now price the max bid would not show when creating an auction item and if the user set the minimum bid to be more than the calculated max bid they would get a
warning message that was just confusing. This constraint has been removed. [NEWUI-1536]
When a returning customer creates a new event, Silent Auction Pro will now pull all the event configuration
options such as the online ticket page configuration, registration page configuration, footnote, banner, etc., from the previous event so that
the admin may start with those as their template for the new event. [NEWUI-926]
Jan 4, 2023
Fixed a bug that prevented users from being able to clone previous tickets. [NEWUI-1521]
Jan 3, 2023
Fixed a bug that prevented guests from making donations to Giving Campaigns. [NEWUI-1519]
Dec 29, 2022
Updated the file that resets the demo group to convert the raffle tickets in the demo group to the new style. [NEWUI-1517]
Fixed a bug that caused the start and ending times to shift when a raffle ticket was edited. [NEWUI-1518]
Added a new "find and archive inactive contacts" function. [NEWUI-896]
Dec 19, 2022
Fixed a bug that prevented the users menu choice from saving. We are working on a new Task based menu and users may
now choose to use that menu option by editing their profile. [NEWUI-1497]
Dec 16, 2022
Fixed an issue that prevented ticket purchases from going through when a credit card surcharge was added and the amount of
the surcharge was less than a dollar. (really a rounding issue) [NEWUI-1495]
December 15, 2022
Fixed a bug that prevented non-admission, non-raffle tickets from showing up in the manage tickets drop-down list. [NEWUI-1493]
Dec 13, 2022
Silent Auction Pro now supports the ability to randomly draw a raffle ticket. We've also made enhancements when creating raffle tickets. [NEWUI-1421]
Dec 12, 2022
Fixed sorting of the Bids column in the Manage Online Bidding page. [NEWUI-1491]
Dec 6, 2022
We improved the way that Bid Extend works so that Group Administrators get a text message
if the bidding has been extended and then another reminder text message to click the End and Notify button after bidding has ended. [NEWUI-1467]
Dec 1, 2022
Added week to go and day to go checklists for bidsheet users. [NEWUI-1163]
Nov 29, 2022
Added a new Event checklist hub in the support section. [NEWUI-1163]
Updated the instructions on how to add the Silent Auction Pro website to your home page. [NEWUI-615]
Modified the My Group Members page to show the member's cell phone number by default. [NEWUI-1473]
Nov 23, 2022
Updated the Contact the Group Admin functionality to append the senders name and email address to the emails that are sent by the system. [NEWUI-1406]
We are working on a new more intuitive "task based" menu system. We've added the abilty to switch to this new
menu system by going to Home > Edit Profile and choosing the "Task Based Menu - BETA!" option. This will switch to the new experimental
menu option. [NEWUI-6A]
Fixed a bug that prevented the Event History accordion option from showing when there isn't a current event. [NEWUI-1462]
Nov 21, 2022
Group administrators may now enter a list of email addresses and cell phone numbers that will be notified when certain
events occur in Silent Auction Pro - the most notable being when a new guest needs to be reconciled. [NEWUI-1382]
Fixed a bug that showed the "Please put a credit card on file" when no merchant account existed and it was
not possible to put a credit card on file. [NEWUI-1458]
Fixed a bug that caused an error when trying to switch to "Presentation Mode" from the Auction Catalog. [NEWUI-1460]
Nov 19, 2022
Modified the "Text and Email to Register" functionality to allow users to target either all contacts or just bidders and attendees. [NEWUI-1439]
Added the ability to print tracking sheets sorted by the auction item number or the display order. [NEWUI-1278, NEWUI-1455]
Nov 16, 2022
For MobilePro customers we now remove the Silent Auction Pro logo from the upper left corner of the screen to help those customers better
brand the site to their own colors and brand. [NEWUI-1317]
Nov 15, 2022
Update to allow the set up of a free Giving Campaign for Giving Tuesday. [NEWUI-1446]
Nov 7, 2022
Added the ability for a user to change their username / login. To do this, log in as yourself and go to Home > Edit Profile.
The system will check to make sure the new username you choose is not already taken. [NEWU-1425]
Fixed an issue with the font size in group headers when the group has not uploaded an event banner. Reduced the font size so that it fits
for different viewport sizes. [NEWUI-1436]
Oct 28, 2022
10/28 - 10:00 am ET: The website for the DropZone plug-in we use for uploading donation images experienced intermittent availability this morning.
This prevented images from showing when editing donations and prevented you from being able to upload new donation images. The issue has been fixed and we are no longer dependent
on their site to deliver the functionality.
Oct 27, 2022
Added the option to print a names column on full page bid sheets. [NEWUI-1415]
Oct 25, 2022
Fixed a bug that prevented being able to bundle auction items using Safari because the page would not
submit on the bundle3.php page. [NEWUI-816]
Oct 24, 2022
Updated the Edit Auction Items page to allow editing of the Max Bid column for single auction items. Disabled the ability to edit
grouped auction items - that didn't work anyway and should not have been allowed. [NEWUI-1409]
Oct 18, 2022
Modified the code so that demo group members can purchase tickets for the demo group. [NEWUI-1393]
Oct 17, 2022
The Edit Auction Items page will now remember the previous sort order and return to that when returning to the page. [NEWUI-1391]
Oct 16, 2022
Table headers will now stay at the top as you scroll through your lists on the various pages that present this type of information. [NEWUI-939]
When a guest lands on their member home page and they do not have a credit card on file, the system will now present an alert
with three options: 1. No thanks - which dismisses the alert and sets a flag to NOT alert the guest again, 2. Pester me later - which will dismiss the alert but the
next time the person loads the member home page the alert will present, and 3. YES! Let's do it now! - will take the person to the page to put their credit card on file.
Oct 10, 2022
We've improved how we notify group members regarding tickets purchased, receipts and bidding approval requests / reconcile requests. You
may now enter a comma separated list of email addresses and cell numbers in the Edit Group page to which Silent Auction Pro will send notifications. [NEWUI-1358a]
Minor changes to messages regarding opting in and out of text messages. [NEWUI-1381]
Oct 7, 2022
Added an export option from the My Donations page for All Donations. [NEWUI-1376]
Update check in QRCs for Bidsheet Pro and Plus to sync with package changes. [NEWUI-1337]
Oct 6, 2022
Modified the styling on the Bid Online Detail page to produce more consistant fonts in the description and restrictions section. [NEWUI-1375]
Oct 4, 2022
Fixed issue where the pop-up tool tips were misplaced on the Participant's report. [NEWUI-1370]
Added additional code to prevent demo group members from being able to join other groups. [NEWUI-1366]
Oct 3, 2022
Fixed a form validation bug on the Add Notification page. [NEWUI-1360]
Oct 2, 2022
Users contacting the Group Admin, generates an email with no 'from' address. [NEWUI-1359]
Added code to prevent sending an email to the group administrator when someone reprints a receipt. [NEWUI-1348]
Scheduled emails should require a subject - template should save a subject with body. [NEWUI-1322]
Fixed the help dialog on the Manage Online Bidding page that was obscured when you clicked in the info icon for automatically notifying members. [NEWUI-1288]
Minor UI fix on the Participant's report [NEWUI-1266]
Sep 29, 2022
Ongoing improvements to the help system including new checklists, checklist hub and quick reference cards. [NEWUI-1225]
Sep 27, 2022
Fixed an issue that occasionally caused a white screen when creating a new event. [newui-1352]
Sept 24, 2022
The confirmation when entering bids from the enterbids.php page that checks if a bid is being entered below the
minimum bid was commented out. I added code to include that again. [NEWUI-1345]
Sep 23, 2022
Changed the behavior regarding updating minimum bids when a group administrator used the Edit Group page to update ALL auction item minium bids.
Previously this would apply the new minimum bid percentage to ALL items as the checkbox said. It will now NOT update any minimum bids for auction items where the donor
specified a minimum bid on the donation. [NEWUI-1343]
Sept 22, 2022
We recently enabled the ability for Bidsheet Pro customers to sign up before an event on their mobile devices. This update fixes an annoyance
where after signing up they would be redirected back to the auction catalog page which is not a valid page for Bidsheet Pro customers and they would get an annoying error
message. That has been fixed. [newui-1334, newui-1190]
Sep 21, 2022
Fixed a bug that prevented the abilty to edit a giving campaign page. [NEWUI-1330]
Sep 20, 2022
We now offer a $50 reward for referring a friend to Silent Auction Pro. Your friend also gets a $50 discount on their first event! [NEWUI-1217]
Fixed an issue where the View All Payments page showed blank names when the payer was not yet reconciled to a contact. [NEWUI-1256]
Previously, instant login text messages would say "Click <the link> to return to Silent Auction Pro". This has been changed to say
"Click <the link> to return to <the event title> event". For example: Click <the link> to return to The Reach for the Stars event.
Fixed issue with colors on the Giving Campaign landing page. [NEWUI-1328]
Sep 19, 2022
User experience improvements to the instant login sign up page. [NEWUI-1248]
Fixed a bug where guests who signed up using the instant login flow were not automatically reconciled to a contact if there was a full match. [NEWUI-1324]
If there is a custom sign-up message, guests who sign up using the new instant login flow will be emailed the sign-up message. [NEWUI-1320]
Fixed a bug that prevented email from sending in the Invite Group Members page when more than one email address was entered. [NEWUI-1326]
Sep 17, 2022
Added the ability for Auction Admins and Group Admins to click to edit announcements from the home page. [NEWUI-1319]
Fixed a bug that caused the Next button on the first page when bundling to be unresponsive when returning from bundling a previous item. [NEWUI-1318]
Sep 16, 2022
Added Ticket Price to the Export Tickets CSV file. [NEWUI-1314]
Fixed an issue where bidders were not being assigned a bidder number when using the instant login sign up flow. [NEWUI-1299]
Sep 14, 2022
Added the sum of final bids by email address to the export report from the Auction Results > Bid Details page. [NEWUI-1308]
Sep 11, 2022
Modifed the member home page to show ticket even if the user does not have a credit card on file. [NEWUI-1297]
Sep 9, 2022
Added the ability for group members to send an email to the event administrator if they need help or have questions. [NEWUI-1292]
Sep 8, 2022
Updated the email and message when a user is using the instant login path to create their account to tell them that
the link in the email they receive may only be used once.
Fixed a bug that caused formatting issues after saving system templates in the Write Letters functionality. [NEWUI-1285]
Sep 3, 2022
Fixed a bug that prevented auctioneer info sheets from printing. [NEWUI-1272]
Sep 2, 2022
Fixed a bug where the tickets link on the Auction Catalog page took the user to a blank page if they were not logged in. [NEWUI-1267]
Sep 1, 2022
Updated the Manage My Subscription page to include the event history. [NEWUI-1262]
Fixed a bug that occasionally caused blank email receipts to be sent. [NEWUI-1251]
Aug 30, 2022
Fixed a bug prevented tickets purchased with a surcharge to process. [NEWUI-1253]
Fixed a bug that caused the bidder number assignment to be deleted when checking the checked-in status on the Participant's report. [NEWUI-1252]
August 29, 2022
Modified the Member Home page to redirect to the index.php page if the person accessing that page is not logged in.
People who had bookmarked the memberhome.php page were getting the error page. Better to just redirect them. [NEWUI-1246]
Fixed a bug that caused donation information to return blank for donations that already existed. [NEWUI-1249]
Aug 21, 2022
This one is a game changer! We have a new registration process where your bidders can scan a QR code, enter their first name, last name, email and cell number
and after checking their email, receive an instant login link via text that will instantly sign them in. [NEWUI-1205]
Aug 18, 2022
New QRC's and Checklists for 2 weeks to go! [NEWUI-1163]
Fixed a bug that caused blank ticket receipts to be sent out.
Aug 17, 2022
Fixed a bug that caused duplicate receipt emails to be sent to the group admin email address. [NEWUI-1220]
Aug 14, 2022
Converted over to using the new cron box. [NEWUI-1128]
Aug 12, 2022
We've added two new sections to our Support menu - Event Checklists and Event Quick Reference Cards. These resources will help you better
prepare for your event and are specific to the package that you have purchased. [NEWUI-1163]
Aug 11, 2022
The system will now copy the group email address on all receipts. The subject line will start with [Copy]. [NEWUI-1203, SAP-2346]
Aug 10, 2022
Added the ability to quickly print Donate / FAN tracking sheets. These are used in an in-person event where people are raising their bid paddle to
pledge donation amounts. You can print the tracking sheet either from the Auction Admin Home page - Printed Material or the FAN Monitor page. [NEWUI-873]
Fixed the sorting for auction items and donations on the Auction Item / Donation Cross Reference page. [NEWUI-1125]
Aug 9, 2022
Changed the cell phone entry field to be just 10 digits rather than a separate area code and phone number fields. This should speed up the cell entry. [NEWUI-1181]
August 1, 2022
Switched to the new pricing. [NEWUI-857, NEWUI-1138]
July 29, 2022
Fixed a bug that prevented the email opt-out from working in random instances. [NEWUI-1161A]
July 27, 2022
Fixed a bug that prevented the custom email for ticket purchases and new registrations from being sent for groups who did not purchase Mobile Plus or Mobile Pro. [NEWUI-1180]
July 25, 2022
Fixed a bug that allowed archived contacts to show on the Participant's Report. [NEWUI-1177]
Fixed a bug that prevented the ability to delete donations in bulk from the Edit Donations page. [NEWUI-1176]
July 22, 2022
Labels on the buttons on the Donate (FAN) page are now captured and saved as the auction item title when someone makes a donation via the Donate page. This allows you
to use the Donate page to direct donations to different causes simply by setting an appropriate label. The money donation is captured as an "auction item" in Silent Auction Pro and reported out on the
Winning Bidders Report available from the Auction Admin > Reports and Export page as well as the Bid Details section of the Event History page. [NEWUI-1172]
July 21, 2022
Added the ability to view processor batch payments from Worldpay to your bank account in the View All Payments page. This makes it much easier - especially for those
who don't have easy access to Worldpay's IQ portal to reconcile payments going into your bank account with the individual transactions previously reported in Silent Auction Pro. NOTE: For events held prior to
7/21/22, the system will backfill the batch Id's by querying Worldpay when loading the View All Payments page. If there are a large number of transactions the page may time out. Please simply reload
the page to finish backfilling the information. Once the backfill process completes, the data is in our system and won't need to be downloaded again. For groups having events subsequent to 7/21/22 the
system will pull the data as each transaction is completed. [NEWUI-1166]
July 19, 2022
Updated our email sending process to improve response times and reportablity [NEWUI-1104]
Added new help pages for tickets and landing registration pages. [NEWUI-1158]
Added a preview option for the Sign-in / Register to bid link on the Auction Admin page. [NEWUI-1164]
Fixed an issue where the opt-out link in emails randomly failed to opt the customer out. [NEWUI-1161]
July 8, 2022
Fixed a bug that prevented an existing user from being able to request membership to another group. [NEWUI-1149]
July 7, 2022
Added the ability to post a separate message for the "Sign in / Register to bid" page from the Online Ticket Purchase page. This
should help customers who get confused when trying to sign up. [NEWUI-761, NEWUI-1044]
June 28, 2022
Updated the Create User page to no longer ask for a phone number and made the cell number a required field. [NEWUI-1137]
June 25, 2022
Fixed a bug that prevented users from being able to update the guest names
and email addresses for tickets purchased by that user on devices with small viewports (screens). [NEWUI-489]
Updated the instructions on how to delete all credit cards in the online help as that process has changed with the new user interface.
June 16, 2022
Updated the Edit Grouped Auction Items page user interface. [NEWUI-710]
June 15, 2022
Modified how the message is presented on the My Donations page if you try to delete a donation that is already bundled into an auction item. [NEWUI-844]
Modified the Add Donation page to limit the number of donations a user can enter at one time to 150. [NEWUI-1060]
Switched to Bandwidth for our SMS service. [NEWUI-1069]
June 14, 2022
Released the Custom Color Branding feature. Customers may now adjust the colors of the site to match their organization's colors. [NEWUI-842]
June 13, 2022
If a credit card fails to authorize from the Edit Person page, the message that is presented to the user will now contain the reason. [NEWUI-1124]
Column headings on the Event History and other pages now match the table columns. [NEWUI-1103]
June 4, 2022
Fixed an issue where the Participants Report showed that sending an Instant Login link was possible when there was no cell phone for the contact. [NEWUI-1119]
Changed button names on the Edit Auction Items page to hopefully make it more clear how to re-order the auction catalog. Also
updated the in-page help and confirmation dialogs. In addition, new items created will automatically have the order set to 999 so that they fall to the
bottom of the page. [NEWUI-1114]
May 31, 2022
Added a quick link back to the live auction item from the auctioneer / monitor view. [NEWUI-660]
Modified our company hours on the Contact Us page.
Modified the system so that when a new event is created no tickets are enabled. [NEWUI-337]
Modified the pricing pages. Removed the Bidsheet Basic option and Giving Campaigns.
May 27, 2022
Fixed a bug that in certain instances the Enter Bids page failed to delete a bid on an item. [NEWUI-1113]
Added a new Quick Reference Card "Hub" to the support menu and main support page. These QRCs are designed to help with common issues
during check-in, check-out and other phases of your event. [NEWUI-1105]
Added the customer provided header information that is present in the Online Ticket Purchase page to the Guest Ticket Purchase page that shows
when someone is logged in and clicks on the Ticket Purhchase button. [NEWUI-957]
Updated the message on the Donate page that displays after someone has made a donation that their credit card won't be charged until the
end of the event. [NEWUI-1106]
May 25, 2022
Modified the Add Person and Edit Person pages to NOT automatically set Checked-In to Yes when the Bidder radio is set to Yes. [NEWUI-1112]
May 24, 2022
Fixed a bug that incorrectly reported the number of winning bids for a top-n-wins auction item type. [NEWUI-1110]
May 23, 2022
Changed the "Create auction item bundle" flow to not allow users to start the flow with an existing auction item - that was confusing to some users. The
system will now warn the user if they chose an auction item that already exists and will give them the option to edit the item instead. [NEWUI-373]
May 21, 2022
Updated the help pages for check in and published several new Quick Reference Cards [NEWUI-1036]
Table headers now are fixed at the top of the screen when scrolling [NEWUI-939]
May 19, 2022
Fixed a bug that caused the group information to not populate when loading the Edit Group page. [NEWUI-1098]
Modified the code that renders logos on all the printed material to ensure that the logos present well and are not distorted. [NEWUI-1099]
Modified the message when someone enters an invalid dollar amount when purchasing tickets to tell people to not include a $ in the amount. [NEWUI-1100]
May 18, 2022
Improved the formatting of the Member Home page when there is no event defined. Also moved the Create a new Giving Campaign button to the Edit Group page. [NEWUI-466]
May 17, 2022
Released Custom Color Branding for Beta testing. If you would like to use this feature please let us know. [NEWUI-842]
Improved the formatting of the Bidding Kiosk page. [NEWUI-1012]
May 16, 2022
Added code to the Participants Report and Batch-out pages to find people who have placed bids but who were not showing on those pages. [NEWUI-1085]
May 13, 2022
Updated the Participants Report so that it correctly presents information for customers using the Bidsheet packages. [NEWUI-1087]
Added link to the Previous Donations report when using the Enter Donation page. This makes it easy to find a donor when you know the donation but
not the donor name. [NEWUI-793]
Added a link to our new Check In video and Participants report from the AuctionDay page.
May 12, 2022
Fixed a bug that caused the credit card surcharge to be lost if a guest purchasing a ticket clicked the back button or reloaded the purchase tickets page. [NEWUI-1088]
May 12, 2022
Fixed a bug that prevented tickets from being assigned for groups using PayPal as their credit card processor. We STRONGLY recommend
to any customers still using PayPal as their processor to switch to Worldpay. Support for PayPal ended in 2019. There is also a known bug that the ticket purchase receipt
does not contain the ticket information when purchasing tickets using PayPal as the processor. [NEWUI-1086]
May 10, 2022
Fixed a formatting issue when emailing invoices. [NEWUI-1076]
May 9, 2022
We have a new enhanced Bidders Report page - now called the Participants report so further speed up the check-in process. The new Participants report includes
links to guests an Instant Login Link, text or email, as well as see their table seating assignment and more. There is also a new Quick Reference Card (QRC) with detailed information on how
to use the page to simplify the check-in process. [NEWUI-663]
Fixed issues with the Public Donation List page where images were too big. [NEWUI-1001]
Fixed a bug that when purchasing an item using the Buy It Now option caused the confirmation dialog to automatically dismiss and assign the item to the customer. [NEWUI-962]
May 5, 2022
Fixed an issue when sending Text messages filtered by ticket type that failed to filter the results. [NEWUI-1072]
Fixed an issue where an alternate Auction Catalog image did not print on the Display Sheet. [NEWUI-1054]
May 4, 2022
Fixed a bug that prevented Display Sheets from displaying the Auction Catalog image if a separate image was uploaded and selected when
creating or editing an auction item. [NEWUI-1054]
April 21, 2022
Added a new quick reference card for sending text and email messages. [NEWUI-1041]
Modified the Edit Donations page to SHOW broken images if they exist. We had previously hidden them but feel it is better to show them
and let the user delete them. [NEWUI-1038]
Fixed a bug that prevented being able to update the max bid by category. [NEWUI-1040]
April 20, 2022
New quick reference card for check in available from the Bidders Report page. [NEWUI-1036]
When creating a new auction item using the bundling flow, if donation images exist for the auction item the system will automatically choose the first donation as
the Auction Catalog image. You may choose another image or upload if you wish. [NEWUI-1032]
April 19, 2022
Fixed an issue the prevented images from previous donations being loaded when cloning donations from the Add Donation page. [NEWUI-1016]
April 14, 2022
Added My Event Info section / accordion to the Member Home page which shows the guest their bidder number (if assigned) their table
assignment (if assigned) and their credit card info. This also allows the guest to change their credit card on file if they so choose. [NEWUI-662]
April 13, 2022
Fixed an issue that prevented the Leaderboard Marquee from scrolling. [NEWUI-961]
April 12, 2022
Added a "human test" captcha to the demo request page because we were getting hit with bots... [NEWUI-998]
Enhancements to the opt-out email process to ensure that only one opt-out email is sent to the group administrator. [NEWUI-904]
Fixed issue in Write Letters where the Text format option was not showing when selecting Ticket Holders as the target. [NEWUI-914]
Fixed a bug that casused a dialog to hang and not be closeable after sending a Text and Email to Register message. [NEWUI-985]
April 11, 2022
Released a new way of uploading images called the Dropzone that is MUCH faster and allows you to upload multiple images at the same time. We now also
support uploading of .mov (movie files from iOS devices) along with the .mp4 video file format. Please note that the ability to crop and rotate files is no longer available. If needed, mages
must be cropped and rotated before uploading to Silent Auction Pro. There are any number of free solutions for this available on the internet and perhaps already installed on your computer.
iOS and Droid also support this as part of the photo editing available directly on your phone. [NEWUI-559]
Modified the Edit Auction Item page so that it will not warn the user about too many bidsheet lines if the "Is online" radio button is checked. [NEWUI-907]
April 10, 2022
Added code to the functions that dump the donations and auction items to CSV files to strip out HTML characters for better readability. [NEWUI-996]
Added an informative place holder for the Payment and Pick-up instructions template in the Edit Group form. [NEWUI-362]
Fixed a button color issue on the editgivingpage.php page. [NEWUI-835]
April 8, 2022
Moved the Return by Tag report from the "Tickets and Attendance" section to the Return by Category, AuctionType, Doantion Tag, Affiliation section. [NEWUI-994]
April 7, 2022
Improved the usability of the Payments page on small screens. Limited the columns showing to just the amount, payment type and edit option. [NEWUI-538]
April 2, 2022
Added a preview button to the Edit Event page - Edit registration options section - to make it easy to preview the ticket / registration page. [NEWUI-949]
Minor UI change to the Edit Payment page. [NEWUI-750]
April 1, 2022
Fixed an issue that prevented administrators from being able to edit payment / donation amounts. [NEWUI-972]
March 31, 2022
Fixed a bug that caused iPhone 13 devices to render very large text on the tickets purchase pages. [NEWUI-969]
March 29, 2022
Fixed an issue that occasionally caused tickets to show sold out when they were not. [NEWUI-889]
March 28, 2022
Fixed a bug that in rare cases prevented people from being able to join a group as a member. [NEWUI-952]
March 25, 2022
Added the abilty to change the sort order of the "Leaderboard list" from the AuctionDay page. [NEWUI-963]
March 23, 2022
Refinements to the Text and Email to register system template email / text function in Write Letters. [newui-953]
Fixed a bug that caused a redirect to the Error Page when requesting membership to a Group. [NEWUI-952]
March 22, 2022
If a user forgets their password and requests a password reset email, we will now also send a text message if that user has a cell number on file. [NEWUI-954]
Fixed a bug that caused the Event Title to not be centered under the group name in the header on the sign in page. [NEWUI-950]
Fixed a bug that prevented the Save Order button at the bottom of the Edit Auction Items page from working. The button at the top worked. [NEWUI-947]
March 21, 2022
Fixed bug that people from joining a group as a member if there was not a current event. [NEWUI-944]
Fixed bug that prevented being able to clone an auction item from the search page. [NEWUI-941]
Fixed bug that prevented being able to archive or unarchive a category. [NEWUI-940]
March 20, 2022
Fixed a bug that caused very small amounts due to show on the Batch Process page. These were amounts far less than 1 penny that were showing because we
were not rounding amounts due to the nearest cent. [NEWUI-938]
March 16, 2022
Removed several old videos from our YouTube video tutorial page. These were developed before the new user interface update. We will be
creating new videos as times permits. Updated several help pages to reference newer videos. [NEWUI-910]
March 11, 2022
Restored the ability to un-archive a contact from the Edit Contact page. [NEWUI-992]
March 10, 2022
Fixed a bug that caused archived contacts to display on the search results page even if the "Include archived contacts" checkbox was not checked. [NEWUI-527]
March 8, 2022
Modified the online bidding signup process to NOT send an email to the User, unless the Group has defined a custom registration email. [newui-826]
Fixed an issue that failed to render certain donation images, in Write Letters (Display Sheets). [newui-738]
Fixed an issue on the Edit Person page where the contact owner was not being show in the Contact Owner drop-down list. [newui-898]
Fixed the sort by donation id on the donations home page. [newui-453]
Fixed an issue that prevented users from making changes to the Fixed Price items(s) auction type. [newui-879]
Modified the code for creating and editing tickets to NOT allow the Ticket Counts As value to be zero or a fractional number.
Modified the Tickets Report page to default the sort of the Ticket Detail section by ticket purchase date. [newui-905]
March 3, 2022
When reloading the Search Results page, the system will now clear any previous search. [NEWUI-874]
March 2, 2022
Fixed a bug that failed to display the option for excluding donors, when sending a Text and Email to Register link. [NEWUI-888]
March 2, 2022
You may now limit the height of photos on printed display sheets. [NEWUI-877]
March 1, 2022
We've improved the sign up flow when creating an account in Silent Auction Pro to allow new users to choose to either sign-up as a
bidder / guest, join a group as a working member of the group or create a new group during the sign up process. [newui-825]
As an interium fix, we added a new file that lets you print bidder numbers by a table list. For instance if you wanted to print tables
3, 5 and 7-10 you paste this URL in your browser after logging in to Silent Auction Pro: https://www.silentauctionpro.com/print_all_bidnumbers_by_table_list.php?filter=table&tables=3,5,7-10
We will eventually put his on the Printed Material page but for now you will need to go directly to that page. [NEWUI-882A]
February 28, 2022
When printing bidder numbers, if you choose an option that includes the table number filter, the results will sort ascending by table number. [newui-882]
February 27, 2022
We fixed a bug that prevented guests from purchasing tickets when there was a credit card surcharge and the surcharge
amount rounded to zero cents such as $1.50 or $0.30, etc. This presented as $1.5 or $0.3 and was not considered a valid amount. That issue has
been fixed. [NEWUI-869]
February 25, 2022
We had problems with the new UI Manage Table Assignments and have replaced it with a full screen version. [NEWUI-864]
February 22, 2022
We have temporarily removed the ability to split parties in the Manage Table Assignments page. That functionality was not working correctly
and was causing other problems. For now we recommend that you use our old site to manage table assignments.
It includes the ability to split parties and is working correctly.
February 21, 2022
The scroll bar for the left hand navigation didn't work using a mouse or touchpad. This has been fixed. [NEWUI-839]
Issues with PayPal have been fixed [NEWUI-836]
February 18, 2022
After sending an instant login link, the Edit Person page will now return to the Edit Person page rather than to the original calling page. This will speed up
the check-in process for in-person events. [NEWUI-847]
February 10, 2022
Fixed a bug that prevented guests to show as unreconciled on the Tickets report if the guest ticket is not reconciled. [NEWUI-800]
Fixed a bug with the sign in button on the Auction Catalog. If the group number is present then we should send them to a page to sign up for that group. [NEWUI-799]
February 9, 2022
Fixed a bug that prevented the ability to order credit card readers. [NEWUI-779]
Fixed a bug that prevented donations from saving if the value included .00 such as 50.00. We don't support "cents" in values. The system will now simple
round values to the closest whole number and truncate the "cents" portion. [NEWUI-768]
February 8, 2022
Modified the Bidders Report to save the sorting order when returning to the page as well as a the scroll position. Also updated the Edit Contact page to
return to the calling page when the Cancel button is clicked. [NEWUI-767]
February 6, 2022
Major release of our new user interface featuring a fully responsive site that works across all devices. The old "m.silentauctionpro.com"
is no longer used and redirects to the www.silentauctionpro.com site. [NEWUI]